Antonio Iorio

Antonio Iorio was born in Salerno, Italy, on the 18th of April 1996, and since childhood has shown significant talent, qualities and a profound attraction for Music, impassioning to the sound of the Electric Bass in particular thanks to Jaco Pastorius, his greatest inspiration together with legendary artists like Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Weather Report, Louis Armstrong, James Brown,
Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Freddie Mercury, The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, Lionel Richie, Carlos Santana, James Booker, Marvin Gaye, Chet Baker, Eagles, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Jim Morrison, Charlie Parker, David Bowie, Victor Bailey, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick,
Madonna, Nile Rodgers, Louis Johnson, Eumir Deodato, Demetrio Stratos, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Igor Stravinsky, Giacomo Puccini and many others.

At the age of 7, Antonio began to play the Electric Bass, just a year after he had as a gift his first electric guitar, a red Fender Stratocaster.
In the following years, He began to perform in different (Jazz, Rock,
Blues, R&B & Pop) Italian bands and by the age of 13, He collaborated with Jazz musicians such as Julian Oliver Mazzariello, Roberto Martinelli,
Marco Brioschi, Pietro Vitale, Giampiero Virtuoso and many others…

In 2010, Antonio made his first professional experiences and collaborations in the music business and in the entertainment industry with many incredible musicians in the international panorama.
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Exactly on March 18th 2011, He started to work on his first Album "An Overture from the Earth" realizing his First Recording Session in the Studio with Julian Oliver Mazzariello on keyboards, Giampiero Virtuoso on drums and Roberto Martinelli on saxophone.


By August 2012, at the age of only 16, Antonio became a Featured Artist of "Acoustic USA", a branch of the historical and prestigious
Bass-Amplification brand "Acoustic Control Corporation", re-launched in 2011 by Mr. George Grexa, owner of The G.P.G. Co. Inc. .
In particular Mr. Iorio appeared together with Flea (The bassist from Red Hot Chili Peppers) in addition to all the historical artists like Jaco Pastorius, Carlos Santana, The Doors, John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin),
Stanley Clarke, The Jackson 5 and many others who contributed in making "Acoustic" one of the most famous and relevant brands in the bass amplification's history.

On August 12, 2013, Mr. Iorio appeared as a featured artist in Maiori, Amalfi Coast (Italy) on the occasion of a concert of the soprano singer Angelina Maniscalco. The concert "Summertime (Liric in Jazz)" was set together with the U.S. Navy Band, in memoriam of the Operation Avalanche.

Basically, just considering the “very young” period between the age of 11 until 19, Antonio has personally met around the world legendary musicians like Chick Corea, Alex Acuna, Stanley Clarke, Victor Bailey, Omar Hakim, Bireli Lagrene, Lenny White, Jim Gilstrap, Frank McComb, Bob Mintzer, Defrantz Forrest, Phil Palombi, Jared Schonig, Will Kennedy, Patrick Djivas, Ethan Farmer and many others.

In addition to his "early" incredible music meetings and numerous collaborations with many of the before-mentioned artists, since He was born Antonio has always been surrounded by every kind of "Great Music", Art and by the Endless influence of the Italian Culture, in particular remarking his roots from Southern Italy and the places where He lived: Rome, Naples and Salerno, his birthplace.

Mr. Antonio Iorio supported President Barack Obama in 2008 and during his 2012 re-election campaign.
Even if The Antonio's political orientation has always been inspired essentially by John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His vision has always found a point of tangency with "The Obama's doctrine", rooted on "The Audacity of Hope" and The deep message of "Change", inspiring him since he was only 11 years old.


On July 20th 2014 at 20:17:40 UTC at the same time, in honor of the 45th anniversary of The Apollo 11 landing to The Moon, Antonio publishes "An Overture From the Earth", "The first Moral & Cognitive Jazz Album in the history of the Mankind, based on his way of thinking..."
In the same year Mr. Iorio founded his personal Artistic Label, "Endless Universal Morality", through which He decided to release his first album.​
Currently He is the sole Owner and President of his Label.


In summer 2014 Antonio made his first travel to the United States Of America (his "dream-country") realizing his aspirations, many important artistic and professional achievements and goals.
Essentially during his first visit to Boston (MA) and New York (NY), He defined New York City "his motherland", considering it the most incredible and wonderful city in the entire world.
He obviously found a deep point of closeness with his pre-constituted
key-vision after entering and taking part for the first time of his life in many significant and very important sectors of the American society.

In his first travel to New York, He has been in the heart of Broadway, visiting and performing in incredible places like the Birdland Jazz Club, Blue Note, Apollo Theater, Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, The Late Show with David Letterman (at The Ed Sullivan Theatre), Jazz at the Lincoln Center and many others.
The mix of those wonderful experiences with all of his American Dreams finally becoming true, amplified even more his enormous passion for Music and Arts.
Antonio adores and has a profound passion for the International Classic Cinema, in particular The Hollywood Golden Age until the early 70's, Broadway and the American Movies, in addition to the European and the Italian Cinema.
Watching for the first time his favorite Musicals in Broadway (in historical places like the Palace Theatre, Belasco Theatre, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Majestic Theatre, Beacon Theatre, Music Box Theatre, Ambassador Theatre, Gershwin Theatre and many others) has been one of his most favorite experiences ever.

During his first travel to Boston, Massachusetts in 2014 Antonio recorded, directed and performed his music with many musicians at The Berklee College of Music.

By 2014 Antonio is a private contributor for The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

In 2015, by the 1st of November, on ReverbNation Antonio Iorio donated the fifty percent of his music sales to the international humanitarian organization CARE.
Mr. Iorio has always been strongly involved in supporting numerous humanitarian and civil causes around the Globe, demanding the Total discretion and Complete privacy.

On January 16th 2015, Mr. Iorio performed ("Chameleon" by Herbie Hancock) together with the legendary keyboardist and singer Frank McComb during a date of his European tour of concerts in Italy with Yoran Vroom on drums.

In the period between 2011 to 2015, He attended the "Liceo Ginnasio Classico Torquato Tasso" in Salerno, Italy, graduating in July 2015.

After a long experience at the Harvard University in 2014, in particular at The Harvard Law School (HLS), The Harvard John F. Kennedy School Of Government (HKS) and at The Columbia University in NYC, by October 2015 He decided to attend The Faculty of Giurisprudenza at The University of Salerno (UNISA) in Italy.

The prerogative of a Civil-Law system is mandatory for Mr. Iorio...
By his vision, in the 21st Century is radically inconceivable the existence of a "Pop-Law System", ruled and bound in a prominent relative way by sentences of any rank in particular associated with an anachronistic criterion of 'auctoritatis interpositio' still dated back in the 19th century...
The Law must compulsorily be Universal, Speculative and able to incorporate limitless, borderline and non-existent cases... (Not just useless papers!)
In addition, his choice is essentially motivated by the immense
Neapolitan Philosophic and Jurisprudential tradition (in particular during the Enlightenment period, preceded by the unique evolutive process, achieved thanks to the millennial melting pot of many cultures, starting from the Ancient Greeks, The Romans to the French influence in one the most relevant periods of the European and International history).

On Summer 2015 Mr. Iorio began to work in Hollywood (Los Angeles, California) on many professional and artistic projects.
Obviously his visits, recordings and performances in historic places like The Whisky a Go Go, The Hollywood Bowl, Sunset Boulevard, The Capitol Records Tower, Amoeba Music, Tower Records, The Grammys Museum, The Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood, The Viper Room, The Hollywood Palladium, The Roxy, Sunset Record Studios, were only a starting point for his next musical projects and productions.
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He has been working in the most beautiful places of The Golden State of California, in particular Hollywood, Beverly Hills & Downtown LA.
He also stayed in the best hotels around there, including The Beverly Hills Hotel (The Hotel California) and The Roosevelt Hotel before going to Malibu, Santa Monica & Venice Beach where He granted himself a wonderful Pacific Ocean's vacation.
In addition, there are many exclusive videos on YouTube of Mr. Iorio
greeting his fans, driving his black Ford Mustang Convertible in Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard and on The Historic Route 66, also spending his time in the most exclusive places before mentioned.

After his first opera "An Overture From the Earth", by 2015 Antonio started to work on a new project in Hollywood, collaborating with fantastic musicians and friends worldwide, including the legendary Jim Gilstrap (who has been The Vocalist of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, George Benson, Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, Aretha Franklin, Carlos Santana, Bill Withers, The Jacksons, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Al Jarreau, Celine Dion, Narada Michael Walden, The Brothers Johnson, Barbra Streisand, Booker T. Jones, Art Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen, Elton John, Billy Preston, Whitney Houston, Joe Sample, Patti LaBelle, George Duke, Neil Young, Joe Cocker, Jackson Browne, Nancy Wilson, Roberta Flack ...),
Defrantz Forrest (The Gene Chandler's son & lead singer from the historic Motown Band "The Originals"), Gregory Whealton Jr. and many many others...
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In April 2016 Antonio has manifestly supported the campaign of
The U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders for The Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Exactly like Mr. Iorio already did in 2008 and in 2012, supporting President Barack Obama, He personally endorsed Mr. Sanders and contributed to his political campaign.

On October 2016, Antonio Iorio has been in the Top 10 on
The ReverbNation Jazz Charts for Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

In April and June 2017 Antonio Iorio accomplished some Professional Certifications from different U.S. Universities, in particular Harvard University, Harvard Law School (HLS), Harvard John F. Kennedy School Of Government (HKS), Harvard Business School, Cornell University and The University of Pennsylvania.

During Summer 2017 Antonio worked on numerous songs, compositions, productions and collaborations with incredible artists from every part of the World.

In 2017 Antonio has been a plaintiff in the 43.5 Million Dollars
class action Ferrick v. Spotify USA Inc.:
Spotify has never obtained from Mr. Iorio the Necessary mechanical licenses for the distribution of his copyrighted songs.
Basically, Spotify has Unfairly distributed the Antonio Iorio's Music through their on-demand streaming services from 2014 to 2017.
Mr. Iorio voluntarily renounced to receive his due mechanical royalties (from this settlement that took place in the United States District Court of New York, NY, USA), symbolically devoting his share of royalties to the other (class-members) musicians, in particular for personal reasons related to the legal and strategic choices made by the attorneys that represented also himself in the course of this lawsuit.
His choice to keep himself involved in this historic two-years-long legal-battle is motivated by his profound belief that Spotify and the other "Streaming Big Companies" must mandatorily start to change or adequate their unfair and outrageous policies, otherwise they would continue to undermine the rights of every musician around the world through their "Impelling Monopolistic Abuse" and detrimental choices, already been able to transform the early 21st Century's Music Market into a “piloted and unaccessible free market” .

In the middle of August until September 2017 Antonio was spending his summer holidays in Capri (Italy) when He composed and then recorded his song "On The Road". This is the First Record on which Antonio Iorio sings in addition of playing the guitar and all the instruments.
It's not just a Very Personal composition, but also a tribute dedicated to Jack Kerouac, Lou Reed and Jim Morrison, with an unique style inspired by "The Beat Generation" and a marked West Coast/Californian sound, defined essentially by the sound of a "Martin 12-string" Acoustic Guitar and obviously by his voice that sings a Speculative Philosophic Poem.
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#YesItIsNow is the Antonio Iorio's personal slogan that will accompany him through his future achievements and successes.